Saturday, July 14, 2012

The Art Bead Love Tour -- your chance to play!

The
Art Bead Love Tour is an ongoing project to spread the love of handmade
to new and exciting places. It’s a way to reach people who may have
never stumbled upon your blog on their own, and give them a chance to
share the love of handmade. A chain was chosen to link beads as a
symbol of how this project links us all together~ in our unity to stand
behind handmade.

Here is how the chain looked when I got it:

The winner of the chain will be allowed to take up to 30 beads from
this chain. They will then replace each bead they took, with another
handmade bead, charm or pendant of equal quality.

(So remember -- you are not winning the ENTIRE chain -- just a chance to take some beads from it.)

Here's what I took from the chain (with the help of Zack):

And the details:

I'm not 100% sure of who made what -- I recognize Golem Studio, CC Lampwork, Juls Cannon, -- but if you can help me with the rest, that would ROCK!

Here's what I put back on it:

There are beads from Kylie Perry, Erin Prais-Hintz, Elaine Ray, Heather Powers, Barbara Bechtel, Golem Studio, and even a few of my own lampwork beads. The rest, I am not entirely sure whose they are as I'm not always the best at labeling things!

I know there's a lot to read, but it's really important!!!!

It is so important
that the quality of the beads be maintained, so we can keep the Art Bead Love Tour alive. We want to share consistent quality with the next winner. If you make your own handmade beads or components, it’s a great way to get your beads into the world for people to try them out, or, if you hoard collect art beads, it’s a great way to share your collection and get some new additions as well.

(Art Beads should be handmade by an artist, and not mass produced, such as Hill Tribes Silver beads or
others like them).

Remember, the focus is on creating handmade with handmade and beads/components taken should be replaced with beads/components that are made by an individual not an organization.

1.
The winner of the chain will be allowed to take up to 30 beads from
this chain. They will then replace each bead they took, with another
handmade bead, charm or pendant of equal quality.

2.
The winner will post pictures of what was taken and what was added, in
order to keep an account of the chains progress and to keep our
followers drooling. Please be sure to give credit to the bead artists as
well (if you know them).

3. The winner will then have a giveaway, just like this
one, to keep passing the chain on and on. Rules can be copied and pasted
from here.

4. When you repost your giveaway (remember you can
copy and paste from here) - a list should be added to show where the chain
has gone, with links to each previous blog. Ultimately, this will end
up being a very long list!

5.
Chain must be shipped to its new home via Priority Small Flat Rate box
with delivery confirmation. Please package it carefully.

6. There
will be a button on the Love My Art Jewelry Website that links to the
current blog and giveaway- so if you have the chain, it will link to
your blog, that way our followers can have another chance to win it.

7. You MUST exchange your beads and have your giveaway completed within two weeks of receiving the chain.

(Please
please please, if you can not adhere to the above rules, do not enter
the giveaway at this time. It will go on and on and you can always enter
at a later date.) There will be a button on the side bar of our blog so
that you can track where the chain currently is.

1. You must have a blog to enter.

2.
Leave a comment below (make sure your email is linked to your blog or
leave it in the comment. Entries without emails will not qualify)

3.
Share on Facebook, Twitter or your blog for extra chances to win. Leave
a comment for each way you share, with a link if possible.

4. Winner will pay shipping and will be billed through PayPal - small priority flat rate box with delivery confirmation, $6.00.

5. Open only to our readers in the United States- due to problems with tracking and shipping overseas (sorry).

This sounds like so much fun! I do hoard artisan beads, and I think this would be a great way to try new ones and share ones that I have.edoandgreeb@msn.commy blog: http://www.devinedesignsjewelry.blogspot.com

Oh ya, so glad to be on the trail of this amazing chain again. I'd sure love to win, not only to ravage it and take some wonderful handmade from it but to add to it as well and send it on it's way. kristibowmandesign@yahoo.com

What fun! I've seen a couple of these progressive type things, but this one is really neat.

Of the beads you chose, the black and white polymer clay one with the spiral cuts is made by Dee Wilder (aka malodora). I have a few of those in my collection, and I made a bead crochet lariat that featured some of them -- they're lathe turned, which is what gives them that fabulous shape.

I've been following along with the Art Bead Love Tour and have been wishing I could participate but I'm in Canada, not the U.S. I wonder if we could get something like this going here for Canadian bead artists?

I was so excited until I realised it was not open to internationals - but I am grateful for the post as I think I might start something up like this on our Artisan Beaders of Australia blog. cheers Tania

Your blog post is my morning thrill - wow! I was so pleasantly surprised to see that in the picture of the beads you are removing, I made the blue almond shaped bead and I see you are adding one of my bezel pendants to the lot. Thanks so much for sharing your photos - again I am so thrilled to be involved in this way. - Elaine Ray